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Autacoids

Medical Definition: A chemically diverse group of substances produced by various tissues in the body that cause slow contraction of smooth muscle; they have other intense but varied pharmacologic activities.
Guide Notes: slow-reacting substances: note X ref; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics
Previously Indexed: Muscle, Smooth/physiology (1966),specific tissue (1966)

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